diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_CHUNK_BGN_FUNCTION.md b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_CHUNK_BGN_FUNCTION.md
index 838b2e5a5f..c04ebe3051 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_CHUNK_BGN_FUNCTION.md
+++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_CHUNK_BGN_FUNCTION.md
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ struct curl_fileinfo {
     char *perm;
     char *user;
     char *group;
-    char *target; /* pointer to the target filename of a symlink */
+    char *target; /* pointer to the target filename of a symlink, only
+                     available for CURLFILETYPE_SYMLINK */
   } strings;
 
   unsigned int flags;